Shareables are a logical grouping of data that represents a feature, status or other element that allows site visitors to navigate between sites while remaining in a single session. Examples of shareables are the Shopping Cart, Login Status or a Gift List.
A shareable can be:
Single-Component – contains a single defined element, such as a shopping cart or a product list.
Multi-Component – contains more than one element, and allows you to manage dependencies between shareables. For example, if you want all sites that share a shopping cart to also share a product list, you would create a multi-component shareable that includes both components. Any site in a site group that contains this multi-component shareable will share both the shopping cart and the product list.
Shareables are configured by the site developer and registered with the Site Repository. Once a shareable has been registered, it can be added to a site group using Site Administration. ATG provides a default shareable, which is a multi-component shareable that includes the shopping cart and the product list components.
For additional information on registering shareables, refer to the Sharing Data section.
